Barack Obama wore the same tuxedo for eight years and no-one noticed

MICHELLE Obama pulled off some amazing looks as First Lady. Turns out her husband wasn’t putting in the same effort.

MICHELLE Obama rightfully earned her status as a style icon during her time as First Lady.

She pulled off some show stoppers during her eight years in the White House and, like many high-profile women, was never seen wearing the same outfit twice at a big event.

The same cannot be said for her husband.

Speaking at the Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, Mrs Obama revealed that while she wore hundreds of gowns, President Barack Obama got away with wearing the same tux and shoes for eight years — and no one noticed.

Spot the difference. Michelle and Barack Obama during a State visit in 2016. She is wearing a Brandon Maxwell dress. He is wearing THE tuxedo. Picture: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

There it is. Picture: AFP PHOTO/Nicholas Kamm

Obama in 2011.

“This is the unfair thing — you talk about Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers — no matter what we do, he puts on that same tux,” she said during her appearance.

“Now, people take pictures of the shoes I wear, the bracelets, the necklaces — they didn’t comment that for eight years he wore the same tux, same shoes.”

The former First Lady shared that Barack noted the double standards they were judged by, but added he quite enjoyed the difference.

“And he is proud of it too. He’s like, ‘Mmm, I’m ready. I’m ready in 10 minutes. How long did it take you?’ I’m like, ‘Get out of here’.”

At their last State dinner in 2016. Yep, that’s the same Tux. Picture: Olivier Douliery / ZUMA Press / Splash.

The tuxedo on one its earlier outings for a State dinner in 2010 while Mrs Obama wore a blue Soronen gown. Picture: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP

It’s a trick that was pulled by Today show host Karl Stefanovic back in 2014 when he deliberately wore the same blue suit for 12 months to make a point about sexism and

the difference in fashion standards between men and women.

“I’ve worn the same suit on air for a year — except for a couple times because of the circumstance — to make a point,” he said at the time.

“I’m judged on my interviews, my appalling sense of humour — on how I do my job, basically. Whereas women are quiet often judged on what they’re wearing and how their hair is.”